Mann students giving back to community

MANNkind is a service learning organization recently launched at Mann School, 921 N. Kenilworth, that seeks to inspire kids to give back to their community. The organization is planning a series of service projects, including several that will feature a classroom component. The children are largely responsible for leading the discussion of the projects within their classes, with the assistance of a parent volunteer.The out-of-school component of the projects will be voluntary. To date, MANNkind has:

Visited the residents of Oak Park Arms and showed them their Halloween costumes.

Wrote 500 thank you letters to people who serve the community on a daily basis, including police, fire fighters, crossing guards, postmen and women, veterans, soldiers, emergency room/hospital personnel, representatives from the Animal Care League, etc.

Delivering "thank you" donuts to some of the people mentioned in the bullet point above who had to work on Thanksgiving.

The West Cook YMCA is looking for Group Exercise Instructors to provide instruction for group exercise classes and classes for Y Without Walls (YWOW), and assistance with special events. This is done with an emphasis on maintaining the quality of...